 Hey everybody, Nick Rofi here with DAB Patriot Boot Camp. We're a day two in Atlantic City at our national convention also participating in our Accelerator program here at DAB Patriot Boot Camp. I'm here with Dewey Vieira from Sorensen who's going to give us a little bit of update on why our relationships would really make a lot of sense for veterans and the products and services that they offer. Dewey? Nick, thanks for the intro. All I can say is wow. So this is day two of the Accelerator Boot Camp program and we're so happy to sponsor. This is our first sponsorship of this program and I've just blown away by what I've seen the last couple of days. You know, it's really fantastic about the partnership that we have is the services that we offer. We offer to not just the individual veteran or even civilian who may be hard of hearing or or deaf. These are services that are also available to independent businesses to enterprise. You know, I guess I guess you could call them enterprise businesses as well. So in terms of spectrum and opportunity to be able to work with disabled American veterans and the businesses and the individuals that you guys support. It's just been a phenomenal opportunity and and the the shared experiences that we all have here has just been phenomenal. I cannot cannot speak highly enough of what I've seen the last couple of days and I'm you know, I told you earlier like I'm Already excited to come back next year and I'm not even done here yet. So this has been this has been great. Wow. Thanks, dude We appreciate that that what that is a tremendous compliment. We're happy to have them here. They've been a great partner so far Since you've been sitting in the Accelerator, uh-huh What are some things that you can take away from what you've learned? Maybe maybe you've learned something or something. So that uh-huh moment. Is there anything that comes to mind? Well, so first let me say, um Larry from is a fantastic facilitator. So his breadth of experience And this you know regardless of whether, you know, he's pulling it from his time in the regiment through his his time running, you know Hotels all over the country He brings that experience and that feedback and a genuine passion for wanting to help fellow veterans Through their entrepreneurial, you know, I guess journey What's been fantastic about that as well is you know, it's a very intimate setting So you have the opportunity for business leaders who are just starting Who are you know ramping up or really trying to make sure that they get firmly established in the running their businesses in an optimal manner to cross talk and really communicate and really kind of share ideas for success and I'll tell you some of the um, some of the business concepts and and Businesses that are being discussed in there and shared Just blow my mind. I mean they really are they're fantastic businesses. Um, and I know they're going to be, you know Completely successful, especially after attending the event like this. Yeah, I couldn't agree more. I mean Larry has been Just dynamite. I mean getting people amped up in the morning. I thought so too And it's amazing that just the transformation that a lot of our entrepreneurs have seen Just whether that's just headspace that that that's clarity. That's uh, they're doing some planning exercises as we speak So leads me to my next question. What entrepreneurs stands out to you as are there any ones? One over the other that just stands out to you first. So today, um, uh, heard a little bit about a a company called nut next and, uh Never in a million years would I have ever even thought of the concept of being able to really provide, uh, communication facilitation for contractors with their customers and the entire, I mean concept itself and its execution He's nailing it, right? I mean, it's just a fantastic idea. He's executing it properly Nothing but upward room for growth, you know in the future with this business So that really stood out first and foremost in my mind, but there's so many Um, just about everybody in there has something. Um that just blew my mind and you know, you know I'm a former tanker. So I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, right? And uh, so Maybe it takes a lot to impress me. I don't know But I could never come up with any of the business concepts that I've I've heard in there the last couple days It's been great. Yeah, and he mentions nut mess. There's 14 other entrepreneurs in there All of which are different industries different phases of a business different challenges Different epiphanies as we as we speak if they're they're having So it really is a diverse community. You talked about your military background I was going to ask that question. Yep. You want to tell us a little bit more about your career and Sure, what did what that meant? I uh, so I spent uh, just shy of eight years as an armor officer. So, uh, my last active duty station was sports through third ID. Um, and I enjoyed that time. Um, you know, the leadership opportunity Is what everybody who joins the army and wants to join a combat arms unit would expect You want to be out in the field? You want to lead soldiers and you want to mentor soldiers? Um, and uh, I like to think that that experience, you know post-military just kind of led me to the point where I am right now Yeah, I'm director of veterans outreach for sorts of communications It's a new role for me It came from the defense industry prior to that and in every single instance throughout my career I have the opportunity to correlate What I learned Um in the army throughout my career We talked about this earlier where I still apply the principles of five paragraph up order to every segment of my planning Throughout every single endeavor in my civilian career. So, uh, it's just little things like that just stayed with you know Which is kind of me so yeah Well, I have a deep appreciation for Dewey as you know, we're sometimes we're a little outnumbered in this space You'd think that there'd be more army guys guys guys and gals running around But we're we've felt outnumbered the last couple of days. So, you know, it's great to have a counterpart here for the army I don't have any other questions for today, but I think this has been a great day, too We'll follow up here towards the end Stay tuned with us and we look forward to see you here